MTL - Mercantile Bank Holdings Limited - Results of general meeting

MTL - Mercantile Bank Holdings Limited - Results of general meeting             
Mercantile Bank Holdings Limited                                                
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration Number 1989/000164/06)                                            
Share code: MTL ISIN: ZAE000064721                                              
("Mercantile" or "the Company" or "the Group")                                  
Results of general meeting                                                      
Mercantile ordinary shareholders are advised that at the Company`s general      
meeting held at 15:00 on Monday, 23 April 2012, the requisite majority of       
shareholders approved the ordinary resolutions and the special resolution       
proposed at the meeting regarding the proposed scheme of arrangement and        
delisting of Mercantile, as contained in the notice of general meeting dated    
22 March 2012. The special resolution will be lodged with the CIPC in due       
course.                                                                         
Johannesburg                                                                    
23 April 2012                                                                   
Sponsor and Transaction Advisor: Bridge Capital Advisors (Pty) Limited          
Reporting Accountant and Auditor: Deloitte & Touche                             
Legal Advisor: Eversheds                                                        
Independent expert: Rand Merchant Bank a division of Firstrand Bank Limited     
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